► 名詞
肝心 [かんじん] [肝腎] meaning: important rank: 2
☆ 健康管理は日頃からすることが肝心だ ⇨ It is important to manage your health every day (☛ Literally “liver and kidney”. An alternative 肝心 is used more often in modern writing)
► 形容動詞
肝心 [かんじん] [肝腎] meaning: important rank: 2
☆ 彼は肝心な時に役に立たない ⇨ He is useless when it matters most
☆ 彼は肝心な点を完全に見逃していた ⇨ He completely missed the most important point (☛ Literally “liver and kidney”. An alternative 肝心 is used more often in modern writing)
More examples:
- 一番肝心な時に腰砕けになるとは何とも情けない ⇨ How pathetic that he chickened out when it mattered most
- ここが一番肝心な所だ ⇨ This is the most important point
- ここが肝心要の所だ ⇨ This is the most important point
- 私は肝心の問題について彼に聞き損なった ⇨ I failed to ask him about the most important issue
- 彼の肝心な時の臆病さに幻滅した ⇨ I was disillusioned by his cowardice at the crucial moment
- 私は話の肝心な所を聞き落とした ⇨ I missed, failed to pick up, the important part of the story
- 彼は手順の肝心な所をすっ飛ばした ⇨ He skipped the most important part of the procedure
- 学習には復習が肝心だ ⇨ Reviewing, repeating is crucial in studying